The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-06

mutton consumed daily in our country is
immense. The. Chicago market alone re-
ceived during last month, live stock,
218,OOO cattle, 364, 900 hogs and 11S,O 900
sheep.
Our Alliances and Clubs should know
more Of parliamentary law and practice.
They should get a cheap standard author
ity on the subject. We will try to make
an arrangement by which they may be
supplied cheaply.
Many Of the State Legislatures and
Congress have enacted laws to regulate
the sale of bogus butter, and now the
Legislature Of Massachusetts has passed
an act to regulate the sale of "Compound
lard,' whatever that may be.
The Democratic State Convention Of
New York met last week and it said. in
relation to the liquor question: We
oppose all sumptuary laws needlessly in
terfering with the personal liberties and
reasonable habits and customs Of our citi-
zens." .-.-.'
There has been more losses by fire
this year than was ever known before in
one year. In the United States there-has
been this year losses to the amount Of
$50, 1000, 900. People should be more
careful and prevent this great loss of
property.
The New Braunfels wooden mill has
been bought by the Farmers Alliance
people of southwestern Texas, and will
be put into operation as soon as some
needed machinery arrives. 1t has been
closed for some time. This is the largest
wooden mill in the Southwest.
Electric motors have been applied to
street cars in some of the large cities in
the United States, and are proving very
satisfactory. The cost is only one-half
that Of horse power. Electricity is be-
coming very useful and can be used for
various purposes to advantage.
There is being contemplated in the
various counties a plan for holding teach
ers' councils. That is an excellent plan
for the development of teachers and of
extending the cause of education. Every
teacher should attend all Of these if he or
she desires to keep up with the times in
educational matters.
The truck and fruit men of Florida
will organize a Shippers Union for hand
ling their products and to regulate their
sale. They propose to dispense with
commission men in the Northern and
Western cities, and fill their places with
men of the Union. The Alliance must
have struck down there.
We protest that Gov. Vance is not a
good fiddler. Nor will Gov. Jarvis put
in the plea Of failing health as an excuse
to resign and come back to run for Gov
ernor or for the Senate. If that be his
purpose, he will say so and so it boldly.
We begin to feel that it is time for the
pdpclS VI IlIc oCdtC I sup pol "uillS WV.
Vance before the public as a Jg-dancer
and fiddler.
An item is going the rounds Of our
State papers declaring that the Ringwood
Vineyard, in Halifax county, is the largest
in the State. This is an error. The
Tokay Vineyard, near Fayetteville, and
owned by Hon. W. J.. Greene, has l25'
acres of bearing vines, and is not only the
largest in our State, but is the largest
vineyard in the United States, east of the
Rocky Mountains.
In accordance with the new postal
regulations, which went into effect Sept.
18th, the postal authorities have decided
that, besides the address, no writing or
printing whatevermay hereafter be placed
on ~fourth-class matter, except the name
and address Of the sender, preceded by
1" FROM" and the number and names Of
the articles enclosed. Violations will sub
iect the mail matter to letter-postage rates.
There has been considerable excite
ment among the negroes at Forestville
and Wake Forest now for several days,
caused by a negro man who pretends to
have in his possession 100000, 900 which
he will lend out to them to invest in land
in North Carolina. Every applicant has
TO nav ten dollars before he can have the